I have been spending so much time inColorado that I am starting to feel like a part-time resident. There was my birthday trip in January, a girls’ retreat in Steamboat Springs for my bestie’s birthday, and now a wedding weekend in Estes Park. It was a quick trip, made shorter by a small family emergency the day before I was supposed to leave, but I still had a blast. This will not be an in-depth guide to Estes Park, but rather some ideas for what to do on a very quick trip. I’m also going to be talking about my adventures as a solo wedding guest, a role I’m becoming more accustomed to and surprisingly good at.

Have you ever wanted to pack your bags and just run away from it all? Become a flight attendant and you get to! If that sounds toxic, it can be. But it can also be fun, and really healthy, and a total fucking blessing. Today we’re talking about one of my favorite perks of being a flight attendant: Escaping to work.

Book recs incoming! Y’all, I have been reading up a STORM. You might guess that flight attendants are big readers. We do spend an awful lot of time on airplanes, after all, and reading is a great way to pass the miles and the hours. For me, reading comes in waves. In the summer, when I’m spending a lot of time laying on the beach, I tend to read more. When I am super busy with writing or house projects, I tend to read less. I’m fine with the ebb and flow of this, how reading fits naturally into my life. But I’ve got to say, it feels so, so good to be on a good streak of reading.

We are ultramarathoners! On April first, side by side with the world’s best running buddy, I accomplished a pants-shitting big goal—running my first ultramarathon. We successfully completed our first 50-mile race, longer than we’ve ever run before, and, spoiler alert, lived to tell about it. This was a huge physical goal, set more than a year ago, and it felt so f*cking good to finish. …But not as great as I thought it would.

How does food poisoning on a 7-hour flight sound? Did I mention it was after a 3-hour delay? It was every bit as good as it sounds, and more. You all know how much I love my job, but boy oh boy my last 4-day trip got off to a rough start.